Step-By-Step guide to Hosting Conan Exiles on your Linux Server

[Kimsemus]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=858035949

We felt it was unethical that FunCom said they would have Linux server support, and then never released the files, likely due to their deal with a host provider (PingPerfect, et al) to get a kickback on Conan hosts, since most of those providers use Windows only boxes.

So, we deconstructed everything, and figured out how to get their Windows-Only server files running on your Linux server pretty easily. Enjoy.

[Alinmear]

Hey there. I created a docker container for easily hosting an exiles server via wine. Autoupdate and process control has also being implemented using supervisord. Contribution is welcome.
https://github.com/alinmear/docker-conanexiles and https://hub.docker.com/r/alinmear/docker-conanexiles/

[crimson]

Originally posted by Alinmear Vamar:

Hey there. I created a docker container for easily hosting an exiles server via wine. Autoupdate and process control has also being implemented using supervisord. Contribution is welcome.
https://github.com/alinmear/docker-conanexiles and https://hub.docker.com/r/alinmear/docker-conanexiles/

Thanks, certainly gonna test that out :D thanks for that!

[Probitas]

What kind of success has this had? Release date coming up, so would be nice to know if it actually works.

[Kimsemus]

It still works, a LOT of servers were able to come up this way.

[dlqv]

After latest update i get this error:
wine: Call from 0x7b44aadc to unimplemented function msvcp140.dll

Anyone else getting this?

[Sakata]

Originally posted by Alinmear Vamar:

Hey there. I created a docker container for easily hosting an exiles server via wine. Autoupdate and process control has also being implemented using supervisord. Contribution is welcome.
https://github.com/alinmear/docker-conanexiles and https://hub.docker.com/r/alinmear/docker-conanexiles/

Any chance you could give us a write-up on how to use this?

[Alinmear]

@sakata:

1. Setup docker if not already done

Ubuntu:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y docker.io docker-compose

Fedora:
sudo dnf install -y docker docker-compose
sudo systemctl enable docker
sudo systemctl start docker

2. Create a docker-compose file (check the README: https://github.com/alinmear/docker-conanexiles )

mkdir -p ~/my-docker-compose-project/docker-conanexiles
cd ~/my-docker-compose-project/docker-conanexiles
cat > docker-compose.yml <<EOF
version: '2'

services:
conanexiles0:
image: alinmear/docker-conanexiles:latest
restart: always
environment:
- "CONANEXILES_ServerSettings_ServerSettings_AdminPassword=ThanksForThisSmartSolution"
- "CONANEXILES_Engine_OnlineSubSystemSteam_ServerName='My Cool Server'"
- "CONANEXILES_Engine_OnlineSubSystemSteam_ServerPassword=MySecret"

ports:
- 7777:7777/udp
- 7778:7778/udp
- 27015:27015/udp
volumes:
- data:/conanexiles

volumes:
data:
driver: local
EOF

3. Start the container project

sudo docker-compose up
# or daemon mode for background
sudo docker-compose up -d


NOTE:
- volumes creates a docker volume (/var/lib/docker/volumes)
- You can also mount a folder directly, then you should change the volumes def within the services part
...
volumes:
- /my/path/where/i/want/my/exiles/folder/to/be:/conanexiles
...

[PBJelly]

Hello. After the recent update of the 15th our server (that is quite new, this being our "first update" with it) is online and seems to function well, but we are not able to find it. We are getting the message that the server is not responding and with prior knowledge with ARK we think this is due to the fact that it hasn't updated correctly. Any help regarding updating the server or in general would be much appreciated.

[Probitas]

Conan is now automatically unchecking the Show Servers with Mods button. Annoying. Also, I heard the dev kit hasn't been updated even though the game was, so mods are busted.

[PBJelly]

Originally posted by Probitas:

Conan is now automatically unchecking the Show Servers with Mods button. Annoying. Also, I heard the dev kit hasn't been updated even though the game was, so mods are busted.

We are not running any mods as far as i know. I also tried filtering favs, history etc. it doesn't show up. We use a vServer to host it, via Wine.

[Probitas]

Originally posted by Matt Kaplinski #Fan C:

Originally posted by Probitas:

Conan is now automatically unchecking the Show Servers with Mods button. Annoying. Also, I heard the dev kit hasn't been updated even though the game was, so mods are busted.

We are not running any mods as far as i know. I also tried filtering favs, history etc. it doesn't show up. We use a vServer to host it, via Wine.

Use the Steam server list, it should be in the favorites list there.

[PBJelly]

Originally posted by Probitas:

Originally posted by Matt Kaplinski #Fan C:

We are not running any mods as far as i know. I also tried filtering favs, history etc. it doesn't show up. We use a vServer to host it, via Wine.

Use the Steam server list, it should be in the favorites list there.

That's what we were using to connect to it in the first place. The server (in the favourites list) also is "not responding". It won't show up ingame and "remote" connection won't work either as mentioned.

[Probitas]

Then the server hasn't started up properly. Try stopping, update the machine with any needed updates if you have that access, and restart the server.

It's also possible it's just taking it's own sweet time populating into the list. I don't know if you tried searching it, but you may have to.

[PBJelly]

Originally posted by Probitas:

Then the server hasn't started up properly. Try stopping, update the machine with any needed updates if you have that access, and restart the server.

It's also possible it's just taking it's own sweet time populating into the list. I don't know if you tried searching it, but you may have to.

Ok thanks for the quick responses. We'll try that. If any other problems occur I'll write something, but until then, have a nice evening! :)

[PBJelly]

Ok so we got the server back up and running again. When we try to connect over steam it gives me the message that i can't connect and that the client is running on an older version... Any tips on how to fix this?